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Feb 24, 2014

David Graham, also known as Dr. Jazz was one of the first artists I connected with on Instagram. I've always loved David's work so it's a pleasure to feature him today for Painterly Mobile Art Monday. Please visit the Painterly Mobile Art Flickr group to see more from David and all of the artists! Do you like to edit in a painterly style? Please join the group, we'd love to have you!

Feb 22, 2014

Feb 20, 2014

What a beautiful scene in today's Whole Story photograph by Rebecca Bayer. When you're done reading be sure to visit Rebecca's Instagram gallery for more of her stunning work! If you'd like a chance to be featured, just tag your mobile photos with the hashtag #the_whole_story on Instagram.

Feb 19, 2014

Yannick Brice said his wife describes him as mysterious. I am so happy that despite his preference to be discreet, he has agreed to this interview. It took a bit of back and forth because as I've mentioned before I'm limited to knowing only one language, English fluently, and that doesn't happen to be Yannick's native tongue. It's a good thing that Yannick's English is more proficient than my French!

Geri: What is your name and where do you live?

Yannick: My name is Yannick Brice, I was born in Bar le Duc in Lorraine (East of France). I am a 42 year old fireman, married to Gaetana. We are parents of 4 children.

Feb 17, 2014

I've had a few very nice compliments about Art of Mob lately from people in the community - those people probably don't know how their nice words made my day! I may never reach 100,000 hits a day especially since I don't pay attention to keywords and SEO. My goal however isn't to be the most popular kid on the block, but to share the creative work being done strictly with mobile devices and honoring the many artists who pour their hearts into their work. If you enjoy Art of Mob, please spread the word! Tweet this post...Pin it...Facebook it! Let's get the word out on just how much you can do with that phone in your pocket!

And now for the latest installment of Painterly Mobile Art Monday featuring the work of artists that belong to the Flickr Group Painterly Mobile Art. Do you like to edit your mobile photos in a painterly way? Please join us!

Feb 15, 2014

I'm not sure how I stumbled upon the contrast by hornbeck app, but it was exciting to find a unique app that was FREE on the App Store and produced such unique and dramatic results. I decided to contact John Hornbeck to ask him about his app and was pleased that he agreed to answer my questions.

John: There are a couple of reasons. The first is that I couldn't find an app that allowed me to express my style through my phone. When I leave the house, I always take certain things with me; my keys, my wallet, my phone, and my camera. My camera is an Olympus OMD, which normally has a 17mm attached to it. I always have the camera because I couldn't get the really high contrast shots with my phone. So we decided to make an app to change that.

(I'm leaving the above in but it's no longer the case. Since writing this on the 28th, I broke my OMD and have moved to a Ricoh GR.)

The second reason is going to sound really selfish, I did it to promote my work. The app gives others the ability to see the world how I see it and they can take photos in a similar way. The app is free but it includes a link to my website. I've spent my professional career working for internet based software companies, using an app as a window into my work seemed like the right thing to do.

Feb 14, 2014

Friday again?! That means it's time for another new filter from tadaa. Today's filter, Sylt is especially designed for all of you with the winter blues - "Chase away that winter gray and make those colors POP!" Filter Friday is a competition sponsored by tadaa - Download the tadaa app, the new Sylt filter and start uploading images to be eligible to win a canvas print and be featured in the tadaa community. Here are some sample images provided by tadaa:

I am currently following 677 people on Instagram. I can't possibly follow any more is my mantra, but then I discover amazing artists like Bobbi McMurry and I quickly click that Follow button! When you see her work, I'm sure you'll understand why I couldn't say "no" to these amazing images.

Geri: What is your name and where do you live?

Bobbi: My name is Bobbi McMurry (aka: Sugarama) and I hate to be cold so I live in very hot
and perpetually sunny Phoenix, Arizona. My very stubborn and southern grandfather
used to say “the only reason people live in Phoenix, is because they know they are going
to hell and they need to prepare” – hope he isn’t right!

Feb 13, 2014

Some people you meet online you just connect with and you have a feeling you would be fast friends if you were neighbors. Arnold Hayes and I only recently "met" via Instagram and we have had an instant connection based on our mutual love of painting, photography and most importantly iPhone art! I'm proud to share his photographic creation as a part of The Whole Story series.

Feb 12, 2014

MacWorld/iWorld is almost upon us. I thought this was going to be my year to attend, but it looks like I may have to wait until 2015. If I did attend I'd be sure to catch the presentation by Michael Clawson.

Michael Clawson is ‘Chief
Fish’ at Big Fish Creations, an advertising and digital media company in the
Sierra town of Graeagle. His background began in Silicon Valley when Apple
Computer and Adobe Systems first made their mark in Desktop Publishing. He was
introduced to interactive media early in his career, transitioned to production
artist, and later, creator and lead principal of an Interactive Department at a
major advertising agency. Specializing in branding across multiple media
platforms, his diverse repertoire includes a hybrid combination of designer and
developer with emphasis on graphic design, branding, photography and
communication. Michael is also a published author and often writes about
iPhoneography and creative editing.

Geri: Tell me a bit about your start with iPhone photography.

Michael: My start with iPhoneography was somewhat accidental, yet
meaningful. Around the first of October, 2010, I was on my way to a client
meeting. As always, when I discovered something interesting, I would snap a
shot with my iPhone. In this case, my interest was caught by the dramatic
clouds floating above my client’s hi-tech building. I quickly snapped a picture with
my iPhone and headed in to the meeting. Once inside, my clients and I were
going through some ideas about a brochure and folder design, looking for an
image that really stood out. Nothing really clicked. Then, I recalled the image
I had just snapped before entering the building. I pulled out my iPhone, cued
up the photo and asked: “Would this work?”Everyone in the room went wild with excitement, and it
became unanimous that “that”was
the shot. From then on, I knew the iPhone was my new creative tool and have never
looked back since.

Feb 11, 2014

The developers of the Painted Camera app (soon to be released) held a competition recently. Here are the results of the contest, reposted from Mobitog with permission from the developer of Painted Camera. (I'm over the moon that Gilles chose one of my images!)

From Gilles of the 11ers:

After a long delay and many life events (all of them good mind you, but some of them rather big, more of that later), here are finally the winners of the painted camera screenshot contest.

First some numbers: I gave away 28 promo codes total for this contest to mobitog and Geri Centonze blog, Art of Mob. I got over 220 submissions from 24 people!!! Wow!!! Much more than expected!

The quality of the submissions were remarkable, and after my first pass picking anything I loved and deemed worthy of representing my app I was down to... 77 images!!! Now you are starting to understand why it was so hard, I had to pick three!!! Three!!!

After much agony, soul searching, reversals and re-reversals, here are the three winners, in no specific order:

Sandy MacGowan sent a wonderful set of pictures taken on a snowy sunrise, to beautiful and rich results. She made singular yet stunning uses of the app, some of them I love even more than the one I picked for the app store as almost abstract and ethereal, but I pick this image for the contest as it is both simple and strong, and show you what you can get straight out of the app when you see something in the wild that you know will look very special with a glazed treatment.

Better known as @phot0bug on Instagram, Jane Schultz is the photographer featured in today's edition of The Whole Story. If you'd like a chance to be featured, just tag your mobile photos with the hashtag #the_whole_story on Instagram.

Today marks the release of the 3rd and final filter for the tadaa Filter Friday competition. The latest filter is Zeitgeist - "Travel back to the olden days with the latest in blast-from-the-past technology!"Download tadaa - it's FREE. Then open the app and go to the Awesome section and scroll over to the Challenge column. Shoot or edit existing images using the Zeitgeist filter for a chance to have your photo printed on canvas and featured in the tadaa community.Of course I wanted to experiment with it - below are a few of my quick edits. It reminds me of the photos we used to take with Kodak Instamatic cameras back in the 1970's.

Feb 6, 2014

I'm excited to announce my first print article for iPhone Life Magazine. The upcoming March/April issue features an article written by yours truly, "Unleash Your Inner Van Gogh - 9 Apps That Add Painterly Effects to Your Photos". In the article I mention nine of my favorite painterly apps and demonstrate their effects on a single image.

iPhoneLife is available as a single issue or you can subscribe for the whole year for only $12.99. You can download the app for free and subscribe through the app.

In this issue you'll also find a Productivity App Roundup, The Best of CES 2014, Innovative iPhone Photography Apps and more!

ColorTime just released a major update, and it's now FREE to download. Thanks to developer, Jerome Dewhurst, I had a chance to try this app out before the release so I've been playing with it for a few weeks and highly recommend it. Although it is a universal app, it's designed primarily for the iPad. The video below shows you just what ColorTime can do.

Here are a couple of versions of an image I edited with ColorTime (below). With this app, it's not a matter of applying a filter, but rather adjusting an Shadows, Midtones, Highlights, Contrast and Saturation using a very intuitive user interface.

The one issue I had a little trouble with at first was the Select button. A sold white square means you are applying the changes to the entire image, a light square with a black circle in the middle adjusts only the outer edges of the image and the unedited center can be moved and made larger or smaller. The reverse, a dark square with white circle in the center indicates that adjustments are applied only to the center of the image. Finally there is a Brush which allows the user to mask a particular area for applying changes. To activate the Brush, select the paintbrush icon under Select and press your finger on your device screen until the red dots appear and then move your finger to paint in the area you would like to work on. Once you get the hang of it, it's really quite simple and quite clever at that!

Be sure to press the center Modulate Color button which is designed to cycle through various color grades. Press it again to stop the cycling and you can save as is, or further edit the image to your liking.

Have you ever encountered someone like Sybil? Have you ever wanted to know more? I am pleased to feature this beautiful image and story by Elena Bouvier.For a chance to be featured just tag your Instagram mobile photos with the hashtag #the_whole_story.

The Photograph

Feb 3, 2014

Looking through the Painterly Mobile Art Flickr Group is like strolling through an art gallery. It's really amazing to see all the work being done using only mobile devices. Please visit the group page on Flickr and if you're inclined to edit in a painterly way with your mobile device, please join us!